Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2003, 12:28 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2003, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMOB 181729
FFWMOB
ALC003-182330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1228 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 1100 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM GATESWOOD TO MONTROSE...OR FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY
MINETTE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE. THE AREA OF
HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY.
RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY THIS MORNING.
MORE THAN FIVE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE LINE
OF STORMS MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. THE NWS IN MOBILE WILL
CONTINUE TO GIVE UPDATES ON ROAD CLOSURES AND OTHER FLOODING
PROBLEMS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3024 8779 3050 8794 3079 8756 3068 8740
3060 8740 3053 8746 3044 8737 3034 8745
3027 87592 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMOB 181758 FFSMOB ALC003-181945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1257 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003 ...HIGHLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN BALDWIN COUNTY... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN COUNTY. AT 1255 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY THAT WAS CREEPING EASTWARD. THE BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 39 EAST OF STAPLETON HAS A BRIDGE THAT IS WASHED OUT...ISOLATING 12 TO 14 HOMES AND FAMILIES. IN ADDITION...STATE TROOPERS REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 225 ARE WASHED OUT NEAR SPANISH FORT...AND A TRUCK WAS WASHED OFF OF THE ROAD REQUIRING THE RESCUE OF OCCUPANTS. ALSO IN SPANISH FORT...WATER IS UP TO THE WINDOWS OF CARS IN THE BRUNOS GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT...AND HIGHWAY 31 WAS WASHED OUT NEAR BRUNOS AS WELL. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN AT LEAST FOURTEEN HOMES IN LAKE FOREST...AND THE DOLIVE RIVER WAS REPORTED TO BE AT LEAST NEAR BANKFULL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
000 WGUS74 KMOB 181948 FFSMOB ALC003-182245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN COUNTY. AT 242 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN THROUGH MID-EVENING IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| May 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 min |
| May 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 112 min |
| May 18, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| May 18, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 84 min |
| May 18, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 3 hr | |
| May 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.